Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 117, Issue 3 , Pages 168-173 , October 2009

Recent and lifetime utilization of health care services by children and adolescent suicide victims: A case-control study

  • Johanne Renaud

      Affiliations

    • Depressive Disorders Program, and the McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4H 1R3
    • CHU Sainte-Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 6875 LaSalle Blvd., Douglas Mental Health University Institute, FBC-3 Pavilion, Rm. F-3118, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4H 1R3.
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  • Marcelo. T. Berlim

      Affiliations

    • Depressive Disorders Program, and the McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4H 1R3
    • ,
  • Monique Séguin

      Affiliations

    • Universite du Quebec en Outaouais, Hull, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Alexander McGirr

      Affiliations

    • Depressive Disorders Program, and the McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4H 1R3
    • ,
  • Michel Tousignant

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche et d'Intervention sur le Suicide et l'Euthanasie (CRISE), Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Gustavo Turecki

      Affiliations

    • Depressive Disorders Program, and the McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4H 1R3

Received 8 September 2008 ,Revised 22 December 2008 ,Accepted 4 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.01.004

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 117, Issue 3 , Pages 168-173 , October 2009

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